Dec 28, 2015
Unfortunately, we have not yet seen the fulfillment of this prophecy from the end of Zechariah 12:
10“Then I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on the family of David and on the people of Jerusalem. They will look on me whom they have pierced and mourn for him as for an only son. They will grieve bitterly for him as for a firstborn son who has died.
This part has been fulfilled from the beginning of chapter 13:
“On that day a fountain will be opened for the dynasty of David and for the people of Jerusalem, a fountain to cleanse them from all their sins and impurity.
This from Zechariah 13 was referred to by the Lord Jesus in Mark 14:27 in or on the way to the garden of Gethsemane:
7“Awake,
O sword, against my shepherd,
the man who is my
partner,”
says the
LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
“Strike down the
shepherd,
and the sheep
will be scattered,
and I
will turn against the lambs.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/zec.14
We turn for the first time to Isaiah 65. In chapter 64, there is a mixture of hope, regretful repentance, and supplication— including these verses:
4For
since the world began,
no
ear has heard
and no eye
has seen a God like you,
who works for those who wait for
him!
5You
welcome those who gladly do good,
who follow godly ways.
But you have been very angry with
us,
for we are not
godly.
We are constant
sinners;
how can people
like us be saved?
6We
are all infected and impure with sin.
When we display our righteous
deeds,
they are nothing
but filthy rags.
https://www.bible.com/bible/116/isa.65
We turn now to Rev. 19. In Revelation 18 we heard the chapter of doom against the city of Babylon (or Rome, or this world’s evil system). If this sounded familiar, it is because you were remembering Ezek 27.